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Rachel Krentzman

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Meet Rachel Krentzman

Rachel Krentzman has been practicing yoga and physical therapy for almost three decades. She established and managed a private practice for over twenty-five years, is the founder of an accredited yoga therapy training in Israel, and has educated hundreds of students around the world in how to heal with yoga therapy.
A certified Hakomi psychotherapist, Rachel is working on new courses to combine personal healing through somatic, body-centred psychotherapy and yoga therapy. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Yoga Alliance, the Israeli Yoga Teachers’ Association, and the Interdisciplinary Association of Psychotherapists in Israel.
Rachel has just released her latest memoir:  As Is: A Memoir on Healing the Past Through Yoga (2025) and has penned two other books. She loves travelling as well as surfing and swimming in the open water.
Originally from the Montreal area, she spent many years in San Diego before moving to Israel, where she lives in Raanana with her husband, son, and two dogs.

Testimonials

What Students Are Saying

The Yoga for a Happy Back training has deepened my understanding of back pain and the many reasons we suffer from it; from anatomy through lifestyle, down to the emotional and even biographical causes of our pain. This knowledge was made tangible through the practices themselves, which perfectly exemplified the theory we were given. Taking this course has deepened both my personal practice and my teaching, and the benefits and impacts of what Rachel skilfully and soulfully teaches have created positive change for both me and my students.

Michelle Rochwerger

Jerusalem, Israel | Graduate 2020

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

Rachel is a teacher’s teacher. As a seasoned physical therapist and healthy back expert, she brings a broad base of knowledge and the confidence that comes from experience, to every injury and interaction. Her gentle way and healing hands have helped me manage my back issues and her full and purposeful life inspire me to live my life mindfully.

Shauna MacKay

BPE, RYT-500 La Jolla, CA

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

Rachel’s workshops combine sound scientifically-based knowledge with the wisdom of Yoga. Rachel is an eloquent speaker, a natural teacher and a gifted healer. I felt like I learned more than I expected to learn in an experiential way and had a lot of fun doing it.

Christine Carr

MSPT, COMT, RYT Denver, CO

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

Even with my training as a nurse, 30+ year of yoga practise, teacher training and multiple workshops – I am still learning new things! Rachel has such a wonderful, in depth of knowledge of anatomy and a very clear way for sharing that knowledge verbally, through visuals, and then demonstrating how it works with yoga poses…truly a gift.

JoAnn Webster

Happy Back Yoga Graduate 2020 St Louis, Missouri

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Why a “Happy Back” Certification?
Today, more people seek Yoga as a way to rid the body of pain and injury. The 25 hour Happy Back Yoga Training is designed to help Yoga teachers have a clear understanding of the functional anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and surrounding areas and how those relate to both posture and movement. By including varied learning modalities such as Yoga practice, lecture, hands-on lab, practice teaching and adjustments this certification gives Yoga teachers what they need to work comfortably and correctly with people experiencing specific conditions, injury or pain.
Today, more people seek Yoga as a way to rid the body of pain and injury. The 25 hour Happy Back Yoga Training is designed to help Yoga teachers have a clear understanding of the functional anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and surrounding areas and how those relate to both posture and movement. By including varied learning modalities such as Yoga practice, lecture, hands-on lab, practice teaching and adjustments this certification gives Yoga teachers what they need to work comfortably and correctly with people experiencing specific conditions, injury or pain.

Today, more people seek Yoga as a way to rid the body of pain and injury. The 25 hour Happy Back Yoga Training is designed to help Yoga teachers have a clear understanding of the functional anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and surrounding areas and how those relate to both posture and movement. By including varied learning modalities such as Yoga practice, lecture, hands-on lab, practice teaching and adjustments this certification gives Yoga teachers what they need to work comfortably and correctly with people experiencing specific conditions, injury or pain.

Today, more people seek Yoga as a way to rid the body of pain and injury. The 25 hour Happy Back Yoga Training is designed to help Yoga teachers have a clear understanding of the functional anatomy and biomechanics of the spine and surrounding areas and how those relate to both posture and movement. By including varied learning modalities such as Yoga practice, lecture, hands-on lab, practice teaching and adjustments this certification gives Yoga teachers what they need to work comfortably and correctly with people experiencing specific conditions, injury or pain.

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